Politics & Policy

The spending plan includes millions for programs ranging from violence prevention to pre-K to libraries, but the City Council is ready to tinker.

State lawmakers are questioning electricity reliability after a winter storm around Christmas left more than 100,000 people without power.

Incumbent Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes has backed out of two candidate forums ahead of his party’s endorsement convention this weekend.

The brief talks marked the first face-to-face meeting between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The forum focused on Philadelphia’s rising gun violence crisis, and asked candidates how they plan to tackle the issue, if elected.

The GOP lost majority control of the Chester County Board of Commissioners in 2019 for the first time in history. The party’s endorsed candidates are looking to take it back.

Perry has tried to prevent the DOJ from reviewing his communications as part of the investigation into Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election.

Mayor Kenney’s budget proposal doesn’t increase taxes and calls for a wage tax cut.

Previous chamber rules had allowed only state House members and employees to file harassment complaints with the chamber’s ethics committee.

A lobbyist for one of Pennsylvania’s most influential unions says state Rep. Mike Zabel (D., Delaware) sexually harassed her, and is calling for him to resign.

The confusion stems from two seemingly contradictory sections of the state law.

The former public defender and criminal justice champion is the first rep from Philly to hold the seat in over a decade — and the first Philly Democrat since the 90s.

WHYY and the CeasefirePA Education Fund are teaming up to host a mayoral candidate forum on public safety. Here are five policy issues likely to come up.

The Democrat’s record $53 billion budget plan also calls for the renewal of the ANCHOR property tax relief program and the expansion of the Senior Freeze property tax program.

Reversing the shooting epidemic is a foremost task facing anyone who wants to lead the city.